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Where does “magnetoplasmadynamic” come from?

magnetoplasmadynamic (English) comes from English plasmadynamic, from English dynamic, from French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

magnetoplasmadynamic (English): Of or pertaining to magnetoplasmadynamics

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to magnetoplasmadynamics

Ancestry of “magnetoplasmadynamic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplasmadynamicRelating to plasmadynamics
2EnglishdynamicChanging; active; in motion; Powerful; energetic;...
3Frenchdynamiquedynamic, energetic; dynamics
4Ancient Greekδυναμικόςable, powerful
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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